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THE head of the US military insisted yesterday that planned war games on North Korea’s border would go ahead, although Seoul, Beijing and a White House adviser all opposed any use of force against Pyongyang.
Speaking on a visit to China, General Joseph Dunford said he had advised the White House against negotiating over the huge military exercises set to begin on Monday.
“As long as the threat in North Korea exists, we need to maintain a high state of readiness to respond to that threat,” he said.
Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE